Mercury-Atlas 8
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Mercury-Atlas 8 was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on... Wikipedia
Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Spacecraft: Mercury No.16
Date: October 3, 1962
Landing mass: 1,110 kilograms (2,440 lb)
Members: Walter M. Schirra Jr.
Mission duration: 9 hours, 13 minutes, 15 seconds
Rocket: Atlas LV-3B 113-D
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